Little River Road, the Spur to temporarily closed in June for maintenance
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WATE) — Two roads within the Great Smoky Mountains National Park will be temporarily closed in June.
The National Park Service will be completing maintenance on Little River Road and the Spur. Crews will be mowing and pruning, cleaning out ditches and culverts, repairing shoulder drop-off and mitigating hazardous trees. During the closures, Elkmont, Metcalf Bottoms and Cades Cove will remain accessible, but detours may be in place.
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Little River Road closures:
On June 3 and 4, Little River Road will be closed between Townsend Wye to Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area from 7 a.m. to noon.
Wears Valley Road (US 321) between Townsend and Line Springs Road can be used as a detour.
On June 5, Little River Road will be closed between Metcalf Bottoms to Elkmont Junction from 7 a.m. to noon.
Wears Valley Road between Line Springs Road and Pigeon Forge can be used as a detour.
Spur single-lane closures:
From June 9-12, temporary single-lane closures will be implemented along the north and southbound Spur from 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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Visitors should plan for additional time when traveling in these areas. In addition, motor homes, buses, vans longer than 25 feet and any passenger vehicles towing a trailer are prohibited on Wear Cove Gap Road from the park boundary to the Metcalf Bottoms bridge.
In 2024, the park closed Little River Road for the first time to complete road maintenance. During these closures, park staff were able to mow and string trim 24 miles along roadsides, pull and clean 8.5 miles of roadside ditches, repair 27 damaged road shoulder areas and side arm 12 miles of roadside banks.
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